Why pine barrens restoration should favor barrens over pine

Restoration Ecology

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 442-446

  Bried, Jason T ^a   Patterson, William A ^b   Gifford, Neil A ^c  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^c Albany Pine Bush Preserve Commission   (United States)

Author keywords

Crown fire; Forest history; Pitch pine; Scrub oak; Shrubland animals; Young forest animals

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; FOREST CANOPY; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; FOREST FIRE; PLANT; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SAVANNA; SHRUB; SHRUBLAND; THINNING;

UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; PINUS CARIBAEA; PINUS RIGIDA; QUERCUS; QUERCUS ILICIFOLIA; QUERCUS PRINOIDES;

EID: 84904123224     PISSN: 10612971     EISSN: 1526100X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/rec.12097     Document Type: Article

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